Motif
dead parent speaks from the grave
dead_parent_speaks_from_the_grave
A motif of the Restless Dead, Haunting, and Vengeance family, within the sub-family Returning Kin and Continuing Domestic Bonds. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
estonian
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The Hero of Esthonia and Other Studies in the Romantic Literature of That Country CANTO VI / THE KALEVIDE AND THE SWORD-SMITHS / CANTO VII / THE RETURN OF THE KALEVIDE; lines 2226-2254 confidence: high
The father asks from below who is disturbing the sandy hillock, grave, gravel, and gravestone.
The father answers from below the grave mound and converses with the grieving son.
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